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alpsoy
05-12-2009, 05:23 PM
Hi,

As you can gues the issue from the topic, I have to setup FMS on a computer which already runs an IIS webserver. (as I have mentioned to the account managers and the client that it could cause problems to happen, so give me a clean computer :) )

I've read the Apache configuration papers of official documentation. And found these options :

• If you want to run your own webserver on the same computer as Flash Media Server, install a webserver and run it. Configure FMS and the webserver so that they don't share a port. (You have to decide which one gets port 80, and probably 443, or you have to put them on separate IP addresses/physical NICs.)

• If you want them to share a port, set FMS up as the proxy (as the default FMS setup does), put your webserver on an unused port, and change the fms.ini HTTPPROXY_HOST setting to point to that port.


and this (seems not concerned with the problem exactly)

• If you want your webserver to use the exact same settings as the FMS pre-installed webserver (or you want to start with that and then customize it), start with the Apache2.2/conf/httpd.conf file that we deliver (and any related files in that directory).

So, does anyone who has tried one of the methods mentioned above or have an idea about? I want to choose the best option I can. I know it could differ based on many cınditions, but some opinions may help.

Thanks.

mr-webcam
06-23-2009, 09:05 PM
With FMS 3.5 you have the option to install the webserver, if you already have a web server installed then you can say NO to this.
It dosent matter if you have IIS or Apache installed the one thing you cannot do is use the same ports.
IIS by default will bind to all ports and therefore if IIS starts before FMS when you boot your machine FMS will fail, you will need to check for your version of IIS the correct way to bind only to the ports required (80 at least)
and leave 1111 - 1935 available for FMS, once you do this FMS and your webserver will work happily together on the same machine